Editing 2020s (section)

===Gender===
[[File:Ruotsin pääministeri Magdalena Andersson vieraili Suomessa 5.3.2022 (51919506636).jpg|thumb|upright=1.0|right|[[Prime Minister of Sweden|Swedish Prime Minister]] [[Magdalena Andersson]] and [[Prime Minister of Finland|Finnish Prime Minister]] [[Sanna Marin]] were two female prime ministers in [[Scandinavia]] who guided their countries' [[Enlargement of NATO|ascensions]] into [[NATO]].]]

{{See also|Women in government}}
24.3% of all national parliamentarians were women as of February 2019. 11 women were serving as [[List of elected and appointed female heads of state and government|head of state]] and 12 as head of government in June 2019. 20.7% of government ministers were women as of January 2019. There are wide regional variations in the average percentages of women parliamentarians. As of February 2019, these were: Nordic countries, 42.5%; Americas, 30.6%; Europe excluding Nordic countries, 27.2%; sub-Saharan Africa, 23.9%; Asia, 19.8%; Arab States, 19%; and the Pacific, 16.3%. [[Rwanda]] has the highest number of women parliamentarians worldwide, 61.3% of seats in the lower house. About 26% of elected local parliamentarians are women.<ref name="un_women">{{cite web |title=Facts and figures: Leadership and political participation |url=https://www.unwomen.org/en/what-we-do/leadership-and-political-participation/facts-and-figures |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200329170329/https://www.unwomen.org/en/what-we-do/leadership-and-political-participation/facts-and-figures |archive-date=29 March 2020 |access-date=28 March 2020 |website=UN Women}}</ref>

Many states swore in their first female leaders during the 2020s, including Presidents [[Katerina Sakellaropoulou]] ([[president of Greece|Greece]]), [[Samia Suluhu Hassan]] ([[President of Tanzania|Tanzania]]), [[Sandra Mason]] ([[President of Barbados|Barbados]]), [[Xiomara Castro]] ([[President of Honduras|Honduras]]), [[Katalin Novák]] ([[President of Hungary|Hungary]]), [[Dina Boluarte]] ([[President of Peru|Peru]]), [[Nataša Pirc Musar]] ([[President of Slovenia|Slovenia]]), [[Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova]] ([[President of North Macedonia|North Macedonia]]) and Prime Ministers [[Rose Christiane Raponda]] ([[Prime Minister of Gabon|Gabon]]), [[Victoire Tomegah Dogbé]] ([[List of prime ministers of Togo|Togo]]), [[Kaja Kallas]] ([[Prime Minister of Estonia|Estonia]]), [[Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa|Fiamē Naomi Mata'afa]] ([[Prime Minister of Samoa|Samoa]]), [[Robinah Nabbanja]] ([[Prime Minister of Uganda|Uganda]]), [[Najla Bouden]] ([[Prime Minister of Tunisia|Tunisia]]), [[Magdalena Andersson]] ([[Prime Minister of Sweden|Sweden]]), [[Giorgia Meloni]] ([[Prime Minister of Italy|Italy]]), [[Judith Suminwa]] ([[President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo|DRC]]), and Chairwoman [[Borjana Krišto]] ([[Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina|Bosnia and Herzegovina]]).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sixteen defining moments for gender equality in 2021 |url=https://www.unwomen.org/en/news-stories/feature-story/2021/12/sixteen-defining-moments-for-gender-equality-in-2021 |access-date=2022-03-15 |website=UN Women – Headquarters |date=22 December 2021}}</ref>